Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about Denveright

On Colfax, where signalized intersections are few and far between, people cross where it's convenient for them. Photo: David Sachs

The Sorry State of Denver’s Pedestrian Network

By David Sachs | May 30, 2017 | 4 Comments

As the Hancock administration deliberates over how much bond revenue to spend on road maintenance, this most basic level of transportation infrastructure is at an unacceptably low quality thanks to decades of neglect and underinvestment.

Here’s a Logic-Ridden Presentation on the Urgent Need to Make Denver People-Friendly

By David Sachs | May 19, 2017 | 3 Comments

WalkDenver's Jill Locantore drops the mic.

Imagine the Money to Improve Denver Transit Is in Your Hands. How Would You Spend It?

By David Sachs | May 8, 2017 | 2 Comments

The Build Your Own Transit System survey lets people prioritize projects with a budget of $100.

Dense development around around the 10th and Osage RTD station includes homes and ground-floor businesses within walking distance of a grocery store, bike-share, a park, a student community center, and the Santa Fe Arts District. Photo: David Sachs

Embracing Density and Transit Could Save Denver Households Thousands of Dollars a Year

By David Sachs | Mar 24, 2017 | 15 Comments

By 2040 each additional household will pay $3,600 more per year for transportation, energy, and water than if the city embraces dense development and transit, according to a new report assembled for the Blueprint Denver task force.

Fine-grained street grids with plenty of intersections make walking to a bus stop easy. Larger, disconnected street grids, not so much. The disconnected street network in Northeast Park Hill could more than triple the walk distance to transit, compared to Capitol Hill. Image: City and County of Denver

Fixing Denver Transit: Making It Easy to Walk or Bike to the Station

By David Sachs | Mar 20, 2017 | 14 Comments

Accessing bus stops and train stations has to get easier outside of driving, according to the "State of the System" report from the Denveright transit planning process.

The cost of a one-way fare in Denver is "among the highest" of all the comparable cities Denveright planners examined. Image: City and County of Denver

Fixing Denver Transit: Fairer Fares

By David Sachs | Mar 13, 2017 | 16 Comments

If the bus and train are lifelines for getting to work or the grocery store, prohibitively expensive fares can have disastrous effects. A one-way trip on an RTD bus or train runs $2.60 for a local trip and and $4.50 for a regional one. No peer city is higher except for Salt Lake.

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